An elderly Canadian couple were trapped in their Lake Erie home for four days after snow engulfed their cottage.

Michael and Janet Wilton found themselves trapped at the start of the month, after record-breaking snowfall in their hometown, Amherstburg.

Fortunately neighbors were able to help free them by using shovels and snow-blowing machines to clear a path to their door.

Snowed in: Banks of snow reached the roof of the couple's lakeside home

Trapped: Janet and Michael Wilton peer out the windows of the home they were stuck in for four days

Banks of snow have been building up around the couple's lakefront cottage since the start of the month, with drifts nearly reaching the roof.

Mrs Wilton, 67, told the Windsor Star she woke one morning to find that they were unable to open their front door.

'We had power, water, food and alcohol -
not necessarily in that order,' Mrs Wilton said. 'We were quite comfortable,
but there’s a difference between willingly staying inside and being
forced to stay inside.'